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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did H. say so often?
(a) "C'est la vie."
(b) "Alone into the alone."
(c) "I will always love you."
(d) 'Don't let me die."

2. How do some of the author's friends try to console him?
(a) With the promise of "reunions on the further shore."
(b) That H. is no longer suffering.
(c) That the author will love again.
(d) That the author's children bring him comfort.

3. What does the author think happens to our memories of people?
(a) The memories act as substitutes for the people.
(b) The memories become more clear.
(c) We completely forget people.
(d) The memories change over time.

4. The day after the author's rant in Chapter Two, what does he ask himself about God?
(a) If it's rational to believe in a bad God.
(b) If God can return H. to life.
(c) If he has found acceptance that H. is gone.
(d) Whether or not God exists.

5. Who is H.?
(a) A faculty member.
(b) The author's wife.
(c) The author's brother.
(d) A friend from the author's past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say is human history's cruel joke?

2. If death is real, what does the author conclude about it?

3. How will the author respond to being told the consolations of religion?

4. What metaphor does the author use to describe the strength of his belief of H.'s continuing existence?

5. Of what disease did H. die?

(see the answer key)

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